Flank Pain Flank pain is pain that is located on the side of the body between the upper abdomen and the back (flank). The pain may occur over a short period of time (acute) or may be long-term or reoccurring (chronic). It may be mild or severe. Flank pain can be caused by many things‚ including: • Muscle strains. • Muscle spasms. • A disease of your spine (vertebral disk disease). • A lung infection (pneumonia). • Fluid around your lungs (pulmonary edema). • A kidney
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Interest: Pain is the main symptom that leads people to seek health care. Many disciplines are involved in pain management; however‚ nurses play a pivotal role in the assessment‚ relief‚ and evaluation of pain. Effective pain management is important to all individuals suffering from pain whether acute or chronic irrespective of their age‚ race or gender. The main reason for this has been a lack of adequate knowledge and attitudes from the nurses as indicated by previous literature. Ineffective pain management
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for Chronic Pain 2. Dahl and Lundgren (2006) Living Beyond Your Pain: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain 3. Vowles & Sorrell (2007) Life with Chronic Pain: An Acceptance-based Approach: Therapist Guide and Patient Workbook Session 1 1. Validation of suffering and consequential loss of life quality (due to pain from injury or chronic pain) A. Understand back story and get to know the client’s current situation B. If they are suffering from chronic pain‚ gain an understanding
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Patient Desire Desires 0 pain‚ will accept 1-2 on 0-10 pain scale. Has incision pain of 2-3 between drsg changes‚ which is controlled by two Percocet‚ has a 6 during changes. Scenario K.C. 43 y.o. female 280 lb‚ I&D of renal abscess 2nd post op day. Being d/c’d home where daughter will do drsg changes. What is Pain? According to (Lewis‚ 2011) The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or
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articles about role models in sport and culture. in this generation. There was a very amusing article on a singer called Miley Cyrus. She is an interesting character. It is amazing to watch what happens to young celebrities‚ as they get older. Often‚ after many years in the spotlight‚ some celebrities appear to develop a very undesirable image. Miley was always a very good role model towards young people but now she shaves her head and has a few too many tattoos. There was also a very enlightening article
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The period after the War of 1812 is historically labeled as the “Era of Good Feelings”‚ and‚ while this label was accurate‚ culturally‚ it proved to be false in the economic and social aspects of American life; furthermore‚ the politics of 1815 to 1825 initially resembled an “Era of Good Feelings” but‚ as time progressed‚ this label became inaccurate. Therefore‚ the “Era of Good Feelings” only applies to the rise of cultural nationalism and not the social‚ political‚ and economic realities of 1815
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Phantom movements and pain -an fMRI study in upper limb amputees A Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment was conducted on 14 upper limb amputees who were being compared and assessed with seven fully competent participants. This experiment involved examining the execution of hand and lip movements and imagined movements of the phantom limb or left hand. Fourteen of the participants had part of their upper limb amputated‚ nine of which had lost their right hand. During the experiment
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The Era of Good Feeling “The Era of Good Feeling” was a time of increased nationalism and prosperity for the nation. This of course is not completely true‚ debates over many important issues created a crack in the outward appearance of harmony during President Monroe’s two terms. These issues include sectionalism‚ foreign policy of isolationism and the rights of states vs. the rights of the federal government. During Monroe’s two terms‚ sectionalism‚ an excessive regard
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medical field where stereochemistry of a molecule can be the difference between having a medically active‚ effective drug and a toxic‚ potentially lethal‚ substance. For instance‚ one enantiomer of the molecule Naproxen is used to treat arthritis pain but the other enantiomer causes liver poisoning. With such high stakes‚ it is easy to see the importance of being able to create molecules in the exact way necessary to yield the desired effects. Therefore‚ it is necessary for synthetic chemists
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gave me a sneak peak on what it’s going to be like as a parent‚ but not even close to the real thing. At first I thought this project was going to be a breeze‚ but once I got into it I was all wrong. Taking my egg‚ Lily‚ everywhere with me was a pain. I had to worry about her “baby seat” and make sure it was safe for her. Going through the crowded halls at school was quite difficult also. I had to make sure she was close by my side so no one bumped her and made me drop her. And even at lunch
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